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The Marathon Through a Lens

April 22, 2009

With this photo essay from the 2009 Boston Marathon, Blast begins a regular photo feature from contributing editor Daniel Peleschuk...

Gallery: Blast Boston Marathon photography

Sarah Gordon

Features

April 20, 2009

Blast photographer Sarah Gordon shares some visuals from the 2009 Boston Marathon...

Patriots tag Cassel

Micah Warren

Features

February 5, 2009

The New England Patriots have surprised no one by slapping the franchise tag on free-agent-to-be Matt Cassel. If the Patriots...

Maine signs with Mets

Micah Warren

Features

January 30, 2009

John Maine and the New York Mets avoided arbitration by agreeing on a one-year $2.6 million contract. Maine wanted $3...

T.O. gets VH1 reality show

Micah Warren

Features

January 26, 2009

Everyone’s favorite team wrecker is getting his own reality show on VH1, the network announced today. T.O.’s best friends and...

No more AIG for Manchester

Micah Warren

Features

January 21, 2009

AIG, the global insurance giant that has fallen on hard economic times to say the least, has informed Manchester United...

Report: Ryan to coach Jets

Micah Warren

Features

January 19, 2009

Multiple sources have told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen that former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan will become the next head...

NFL All-Pro voting results

Micah Warren

Features

January 9, 2009

The Associated Press has announced the results of the NFL All-Pro voting. This isn’t Pro Bowl voting, this is the...

Boomer Esiason actually not a murderer

Micah Warren

Scandal

January 9, 2009

Not that anyone ever really thought he was a murderer, but his name certainly came up in an investigation. A...

Red Sox sign Smoltz

Micah Warren

Features

January 8, 2009

John Smoltz to leave Atlanta for…the Red Sox? MLB sources have told Foxsports.com’s Ken Rosenthal that the Boston Red Sox...

Report: Mangini next Browns head coach

Micah Warren

Features

January 7, 2009

WEEI’s Michael Holley reports that former Jets head coach Eric Mangini will be named head coach of the Cleveland Browns...

Boston College fires Jagodzinski

Micah Warren

Features

January 7, 2009

Just like they said they would, Boston College has fired head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski, whose name is roughly as...

NFL Pro Bowl done in Hawaii?

Micah Warren

Features

December 29, 2008

A source close to the situation told the Associated Press that the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl will be played in...

Sabathia to the Yankees

Micah Warren

Features

December 10, 2008

For those of you who thought that CC Sabathia would inevitably sign with the Kansas City Royals or Pittsburgh Pirates,...

NFL to lay off 150 employees

Micah Warren

Features

December 9, 2008

More great news about the economy: the National Football League has announced that it plans to lay off 150 employees,...

Vick laughed as dogs were injured

Micah Warren

Scandal

November 22, 2008

According to a USDA report released on Friday, Michael Vick placed family pet dogs into the ring with his trained...

Editorial: ESPN and BCS agree to deal

Mike Perry

Features

November 18, 2008

As reported on ESPN, “ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international...

LG, Sharp, Chunghwa agree to plead guilty in price-fixing conspiracies; will pay $585 million

Michael Corcoran

Science and Technology The News

November 12, 2008

The U.S. Department of Justice released the following: Three leading electronics manufacturers “" LG Display Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp. and...

AFC mid-season report cards

Micah Warren

Features

November 4, 2008

As I half-assed promised earlier in the week, here are my AFC mid-season report cards. AFC East: -New York Jets...

Guilty plea in fatal Sox-Yankees fight

John M. Guilfoil

The News

October 29, 2008

Julio Rodriguez, a barber from Lawrence, Mass., pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter after an October 2004 he killed a...

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Blast Magazine was launched in 2007 with a simple thought — do journalism for the video game generation. We’ve really seen a lot since the 1980s. Nintendo Mega Man games, dial-up Internet, Dos, and the Palm Pilot were all in their infancy as we grew up. We shared files on 1.44MB (that’s MEGABYTE) floppy discs, and they were more than sufficient. As we grew up, the Internet blew up. Today you can stream a movie live in HD. Not only did HD not exist when we were growing up, but downloading a single, low-quality MP3 of our favorite song could take over an hour!

Technology developed quickly as we came of age, and we can claim to have mastered everything from iPads to Netflixes. But there is one thing that our generation did not have to grow up with — car maintenance.

A lot of us are interested in cars and trucks and motorcycles — this site wouldn’t be necessary if we weren’t. But how many Gen-Y’ers have ever had to change their oil? Change the brakes? Fix a cracked serpentine belt? Fixing cars was always something optional for us. We had to want to jack up a car and change a tire.

So now that we’re adults and we’re starting to recover from the crushing debt of our student loans, (We’re very bitter about this) we are finding our interests diversifying. If we were into cars already, we are getting more into cars. If we could never afford it, we are slowly raising our expectations. Say what you will, we are a curious generation.

Blast Cars is not exactly a beginners’ guide to the galaxy, but we’re not going to assume you know everything. We’re learning with you, and the experts we’ll bring into the process will walk both of us through everything we ever wanted to know about everything automotive.

In addition to restoring our Shop Truck, we are following some other Gen-Y restoration projects, including a racing bike. We’ll also bring you some relevant news, reviews, and rumors. We’ll even take a look at some of the most famous cars in movies, music, TV, true crime, and other popular culture. Let us know what you want to see!

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